{"product_id":"mastering-perltk-graphical-user-interfaces-in-perl-9781565927162","title":"Mastering Perl\/Tk: Graphical User Interfaces in Perl","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMastering Perl\/Tk: Graphical User Interfaces in Perl\u003c\/strong\u003e by Walsh, Nancy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781565927162.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerl\/Tk is the marriage of the Tk graphical toolkit with Perl, the powerful programming language used primarily for system administration, web programming, and database manipulation. With Perl\/Tk, you can build Perl programs with an attractive, intuitive GUI interface with all the power of Perl behind it. Mastering Perl\/Tk is the \"bible\" of Perl\/Tk: Its not only a great book for getting started, but the best reference for learning the techniques of experienced Perl\/Tk programmers. The first half of the book contains the basics on how to use Perl\/Tk, and then branches out into advanced applications with a series of extensive program examples. The result is a book accessible for novices, and invaluable for experienced programmers ready to learn the next step in the elegant and effective use of Perl\/Tk. The book includes: An introduction to each of the basic Perl\/Tk widgets and geometry managers A dissection of the MainLoop, including how to use callbacks and bindings effectively Coverage of the Tix widgets, an extended set of widgets that are a part of the standard Perl\/Tk distribution Working with images in Perl\/Tk, including bitmaps, pixmaps, photos, and how to compose a compound image type How to create custom mega-widgets in Perl\/Tk, both composite and derived Handling interprocess communication with Perl\/Tk, both with standard Unix utilities (pipes and sockets) and with the send command designed for direct communication between Tk applications Developing your own Tk widget in the C language Examples of web applications written with Perl\/Tk and the LWP library The book also includes appendices on installing Perl\/Tk, a complete quick-reference for each standard widget, and listings of all the extended examples in the book. Nancy Walsh is the author of Learning Perl\/Tk, and Steve Lidie wrote the Perl\/Tk Pocket Reference as well as a series of Perl\/Tk articles in The Perl Journal. Together, they have written Mastering Perl\/Tk to be the definitive guide to Perl\/Tk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"O'Reilly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44977699192885,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565927168","price":43.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565927162_e4f22dc6-4b54-489d-b0ff-1baf301937be.jpg?v=1778863486","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mastering-perltk-graphical-user-interfaces-in-perl-9781565927162","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}